Verse Genesis 10:5. Isles of the Gentiles] EUROPE, of which this is allowed to be a general epithet. Calmet supposes that it comprehends all those countries to which the Hebrews were obliged to go by sea, such as Spain, Gaul, Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor.
Every one after his tongue] This refers to the time posterior to the confusion of tongues and dispersion from Babel.
- Section VIII - The Nations - Japheth 2. גמר _gomer_, “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι _Kimmerioi_. מגוג _māgôg_, “Magog, Caucasian, Skyth.” מדי _māday_, “Madai, middle: Mede.”...
V. THE GENERATIONS OF THE SONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 10 Shem, Ham, and Japheth and Their Seed _ 1. The sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2)_ 2. The sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6) 3. The sons of Shem (Genesis 10:2...
GENESIS 10. THE TABLE OF NATIONS. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1; Genesis 10:20; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some elements f...
ISLES. coast-lands (Isaiah 42:15). IN THEIR. these were the sons of Japheth in their, &c. For these fourfold divisions Compare Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20;...
_Of these_, &c. It is probable that the text in this verse has suffered. As in Genesis 10:20 we find "these are the sons of Ham" and in Genesis 10:31 "these are the sons of Shem," so we should expect...
BY THESE WERE THE ISLES, &C.— By isles here we are not to understand merely countries encompassed round by the sea; for the Hebrews use the word to signify all those countries divided from them by the...
5. _The Line of Japheth_ (Genesis 10:2-5). 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarma...
_BY THESE WERE THE ISLES OF THE GENTILES DIVIDED IN THEIR LANDS; EVERY ONE AFTER HIS TONGUE, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, IN THEIR NATIONS._ THE ISLES OF THE GENTILES - a phrase by which the Hebrews describe...
10:5 of (f-6) Lit. 'were separated.'...
THE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history of...
It is likely that this v. in its complete form ran: 'Of these were the coasts and islands of the peoples divided. These are the sons of Japheth, in their lands, each according to his language, after t...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 10 NOAH’S FAMILY V1 These are the *descendants of Noah’s sons. Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth. After the flood, they became the fathers of...
ISLES OF THE GENTILES. — The word rendered “isles” means _any maritime region._ As there were no Gentiles at this time, the phrase should be translated “the coast-lands of the nations.”...
מֵ֠ אֵלֶּה נִפְרְד֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י הַ גֹּויִם֙ בְּ
In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastlan...
By these were the (c) isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (c) So do the Jews call all countries which are separated from...
_The islands. So the Hebrews called all the remote countries, to which they went by ships to Judea, as Greece, Italy, Spain, &c., (Challoner) whether they were surrounded with water or not. (Jeremias...
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Jeremiah 25:22. This verse is, in my apprehension, the most interesti...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world; the great pla...
BY THESE WERE THE ISLES OF THE GENTILES DIVIDED IN THEIR LANDS,.... That is, by those sons of Japheth before mentioned; and by "isles" are meant, not countries surrounded with water, for the isles in...
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Ver. 5. _By these were the isles of the Gentiles._] That is, the co...
The posterity of Japheth were allotted to the _isles of the Gentiles_, which were solemnly by lot, after a survey, divided among them, and probably this island of ours among the rest. All places _beyo...
1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sonnes of Iaphet. 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Shem. 1 NOW these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Ia...
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. From the Japhetites there have descended and then have separated the...
The Sons of Japheth...
THIRD SECTION _The Ethnological Table._ GENESIS 10:1-32 1Now these are the generations [genealogies] of the sons of Noah; [they were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the...
DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, and...
1-7 This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of...
THE ISLES OF THE GENTILES; not _isles_ properly so called; for why should they, having their choice, forsake the continent for islands, and thereby cut off themselves from their brethren? And where ha...
This section of our book records the generations of Noah's three sons, noticing, especially, Nimrod, the founder of the kingdom of Babel, or Babylon, a name which occupies a very prominent place on th...
Genesis 10:5 coastland H339 Gentiles H1471 separated H6504 (H8738) lands H776 everyone H376 language H3956 families H4940
‘Of these were the isles/coastlands of the nations divided. (These were the sons of Japheth) in their lands, everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.' The phrase in brackets...
ISLES Literally, coasts. Settlement would naturally follow the coasts first....
CONTENTS: Establishing of the nations. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Nimrod, Canaan. CONCLUSION: God made all nations of one blood and determined the bounds of their habitations. KEY WORD:...
Genesis 10:2. _The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet_ is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing _Niphtha_ occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. _Gomer,_ the father of the Galatinians...
_Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah_ A CHAPTER OF GENEALOGIES Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which ar...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 10:1 The Descendants of Noah’s Sons. The next main section of Genesis 1:1 shows how humanity becomes divided into different nations....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 10:2 FROM THESE THE COASTLAND PEOPLES SPREAD. This places Japheth’s descendants in the coastal regions and islands of the Mediterranean Sea....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1. Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons of Noa...
PART II. THE POST-DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM. § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH (CH. 10:1-11:9). I.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah (Genesis 10:1), And as we get into chapter ten, this chapter has been called the "Table of Nations". And here you have the beginning of all of the var...
A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. isles. Genesis 10:25 Psalms 72:10 Isaiah 24:15 Isaiah 40:15...
The posterity of Japheth were allotted to the isles of the Gentiles, which were solemnly, by lot, after a survey, divided among them, and probably this island of ours among the rest. All places beyond...
(CF. 20, 31)— Why does this verse indicate that humankind had many languages when Genesis 11:1 says there was only one? PROBLEM: Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20;...